Crowds bag a bargain at Vinnies sale

A fashion frenzy hit the streets of Liverpool in south western Sydney
on Monday when the local Vinnies store's $10 bag clothing sale began.

The Liverpool Champion
reports that customers rushed into the store to grab a bargain, buying
a large plastic shopping bag for $10 and filling it with as many
clothes as possible.

Store manager Sharon Raihman said there had
been a great response from the community, with an unprecedented number
of customers filling their $10 shopping bags to the brim within hours
of the sale starting.

"It's been pretty good so far," Ms Raihman said.

"Everyone
fills up the bags with as much as they can. People have been pretty
surprised when we explain to them they can fill up the whole bag for
only $10."

Aside from the clothing sale, which ends this
Saturday, customers at Vinnies were stopping in to check out their
range of furniture, bedding, books, linen, shoes and more.

Jason
Hook, from Wattle Grove, was shopping for an outfit for a 1980s party
and found a great deal of variety with a yellow silk shirt topping off
a retro get-up.

Ms Raihman said a variety of shoppers from Liverpool would benefit from the sale.

"We've
really got clothes for everyone. We've got new stuff too, it's not just
second-hand clothing. We receive everything here by donation and
there's something for everyone," she said.

According to a media statement last week, profit from the sale will go to help the Vinnies' charity programs.

"Our
Vinnies stores are the face of the Society and we rely on the profits
raised from our stores to help the poor and disadvantaged in the many
services the Society conducts," Sydney Manager of Retail Operations and
Distribution, Peter Walker said.